It's difficult to express with gestures concepts such as "later", "now", "always", "never",... that's why we've included in this guide a place where you can learn words and phrases related to time. They're so important that you'll be using them in all kind of conversations. Listen carefully to the audio and repeat every word. Don't forget to watch the videos below. There's not time to lose.

VIDEOSummary with images and sound: We've put together in video the most important words and phrases to help you memorize them.After watching it, you can read and listen to all the vocabulary we've prepared for this topic.

The days of the week:

The months of the year:

•Now, later, soon...

We've tried to create a list as wide as possible with words related to time. They're very useful because a single word gives a specific time reference to the person you are talking to. Now just listen and repeat:

PHRASE

PRONUNCIATION

никогда́never

ni-kag-dá

всегда́always

fsyeg-dá

иногда́sometimes, occasionally

i-nag-dá

сейча́с / не сейча́сnow / not now

sej-chás / nye sej-chás

пото́мlater

pa-tóm

пять мину́тfive minutes

pyat mi-nút

Одну́ мину́ту, пожа́луйстаone minute, please

ad-nú mi-nú-tu, pa-zhá-lus-ta

ско́роsoon

skó-ra

оди́н разonce (one time)

a-dín ras

ещё разagain

ye-schyó ras

че́рез неде́люin a week

chyé-ryes nye-dyé-lyu

в сле́дующий разnext time

f slyé-du-schij ras

когда́-нибу́дьsome day, some time

kag-dá ni-bút

когда́ вы хоти́теwhenever you want (formal)

kag-dá vy ha-tí-tye

когда́ ты хо́чешьwhenever you want (informal)

kag-dá ty hó-chyesh

Не зна́ю, когда́I don't know when

nye zná-yu kag-dá

•Yesterday, today, tomorrow

It's that simple. Here you'll learn how to say these three useful words. You'll be using the very often. We also recommend that you learn the days of the week (at the beginning of this section there's a video where you can listen to them):

WORD

PRONUNCIATION

вчера́yesterday

fchye-rá

сего́дняtoday

sye-vód-nya

за́втраtomorrow

záf-tra

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•The parts of the day

Thanks to something called "grammatical cases" (you don't need to learn this to use this phrasebook) one Russian word expresses something for which you need three words in English (for example "in the morning"). You can see it here: